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The topic of generative AI comes up frequently in my newsletter, Actuator. This time out, it seemed generative AI was waiting in the wings, biding its time, waiting for the inevitable cratering of crypto. Things are, however, different with generative AI.
Ten years ago this December, Google acquired Bot & Dolly and about a dozen other robotics companies. San Francisco-based firm known for special effects work on films like “Gravity,” was merged into a new portfolio with ambitious industry-changing plans. Things didn’t go as planned for many reasons we won’t discuss. Formant was founded by Bot …